TEHRAN -- The United States and Israel on Saturday launched "major combat operations" against Iran, claiming that the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed.
Iran retaliated with a series of counterattacks against Israel and U.S. targets across the region, with explosions reported in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Saudi Arabia, among other countries. (Iran-Israel-US-Attacks)
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TEHRAN -- Up to 160 people could have been killed in the deadly Israeli-U.S. airstrikes on a girls' school in southern Iran, local media reported Saturday, citing Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday condemned the airstrikes in a statement, calling the strikes "inhumane," his office said. (Iran-Israel-US-Strike)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S.-Israeli attacks earlier in the day.
Khamenei "is dead," Trump announced in a post on social media platform Truth Social. (US-Trump-Khamenei)
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TEHRAN -- Iran has launched multiple waves of missile attacks targeting U.S. military bases across the Middle East, including bases in Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain, Iran's state media reported on Saturday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that all U.S. military bases in the region are now considered legitimate targets of Iran's military. (Iran-Attack-U.S. Bases)
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WASHINGTON -- Multiple Democratic lawmakers on Saturday slammed President Donald Trump for launching massive military strikes against Iran without Congress war power authorization, saying the operation raises "serious legal and constitutional concerns."
"By the president's own words, 'American heroes may be lost,'" said Democratic Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. "That alone should have demanded the highest level of scrutiny, deliberation and accountability, yet the president moved forward without seeking congressional authorization." (US-Trump-Condemnation)
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KABUL -- At least 52 people were killed and 66 others injured in Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan since last Sunday, Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the Afghan government, said on Saturday.
According to the official, the casualties were reported across the eastern provinces of Nangarhar, Paktika, Khost and Kunar, as well as southern Kandahar. (Afghanistan-Pakistan-Strikes)
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LA PAZ -- At least 15 people were killed and 30 others injured after a Bolivian military plane crashed on Friday in the western city of El Alto, local media reported.
A C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Bolivian Air Force skidded off the runway while landing at El Alto International Airport and hit several vehicles, fire department officials were quoted as saying. (Bolivia-Plane Crash) ■
